Families stuck in hotels six months after Grenfell fire

The council says that after the fire 138 households were deemed homeless but that this has since grown to more than 200 as different generations who previously lived together request separate accommodationTimes photographer Jack Hill

More than 100 individuals and families made homeless by the Grenfell Tower disaster will be spending Christmas in hotel rooms despite repeated pledges to rehouse them quickly.

Only 42 of the 209 households have moved into permanent new homes provided by Kensington and Chelsea council. A further 41 have accepted housing offers but have not yet moved.

The final death toll from the fire, which swept through the 24-storey west London tower block on June 14 was put at 71. The victims included Logan Gomes, who was stillborn after his mother escaped through toxic fumes, and an 84-year-old resident named only as Sheila.

The campaign group Grenfell United, representing the families who lived in the tower, said that six months on the plight of those…

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